Peter begins undoing One More Day in Amazing Spider-Man No. 29

By Alex Widen | Sep 17, 2019

Peter Parker wants to marry Mary Jane Watson and, in the process, could undo the controversial One More Day. Major spoilers for the most recent issue of Amazing Spider-Man No. 29.

Over 11 and a half years since Joe Quesada and J. Michael Straczynski annulled the Parker marriage in Amazing Spider-Man No. 545, the road towards undoing it seems to have officially begun!

In this past issue of Amazing Spider-Man, writer Nick Spencer, artist Francesco Manna and colorist Carlos Lopez crafted an issue full of ties to Spider-Man’s past. The allusions and references span across decades for Peter Parker.

It all begins with Peter and Mary Jane, who have just rekindled their relationship, arguing. Such scenes were common over the past decade of Amazing Spider-Man as writers sought to convince readers that the 20 year marriage they’d broken up was too flawed to endure.

Next, the plot quickly involves Teresa Parker, ex-SHIELD agent and Peter’s long lost sister as created by Mark Waid, James Robinson and Werther Dell’Edera in 2014’s Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business. And the villain of the issue is the Chameleon, Spidey’s first super-villain from 1963’s Amazing Spider-Man No. 1!

As revealed in July, Mary Jane is about to get her own spin-off series. That revolves around her going to Hollywood to film a movie after her take down of Electro four issues back revitalized her acting career. This issue sees her packing to head to the airport for a two-month shoot.

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Peter vows to see her off, but when web-slinging business comes in, both of them know they won’t make it. Yet Peter is tired of the same patterns repeating themselves between them, and the only way he knows how to break it is to officially propose to MJ (again). The issue closes with Peter, having just chatted with MJ online rather than face to face, wondering if he’ll get to propose “some other day.”

One More Day from 2007-2008 is one of the most infamous stories in Spider-Man’s entire history. In a tale drawn and mostly written by Joe Quesada, Marvel’s then editor-in-chief, Peter made a deal with Mephisto to save Aunt May’s life and erase his then publicly-known identity in exchange for his marriage with MJ.

Forever afterward, the rest of the Marvel Universe merely pretended they’d merely been “living together” all that time. When the series relaunched under Brand New Day, Peter and MJ were single and dating others, and Harry Osborn was resurrected. To say a vocal minority if not a silent majority of fans were offended by it is putting it mildly.

Some other stories have poked fun at it, most recently some issues of Spider-Man/Deadpool. Mephisto has since gotten his hooks into another Spider-Man’s soul, Miles Morales, in Champions.

But after a decade of Peter dating everyone from Carlie Cooper to Mockingbird, Nick Spencer began his run by bombastically reuniting Peter and MJ in no uncertain terms. His last major arc, Hunted, essentially rehashed Kraven’s Last Hunt from the 1980s by showcasing Peter returning from the brink of death entirely due to his love for MJ.

It is a fair question as to whether or not Spencer will really be allowed to remarry Peter and MJ, or if this is more teasing of the fanbase. After all, just last month Marvel was swearing that Peter would marry Felicia Hardy/Black Cat. But there has been an editorial shift over the past decade.

Joe Quesda’s been promoted to chief creative officer, where the monthly comics are beneath him. And Kathleen Wisneski, the editor behind Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows, is now assistant editor of Amazing Spider-Man. Besides, wouldn’t Marvel love to sell a $9.99 priced remarriage issue with at least one hundred variant covers?

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Many comic book stories get undone or reversed, or at least walked back, once a decade. Is it finally time for One More Day to enter the dustbin of history alongside F.A.C.A.D.E.? Stay tuned!

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